The Hello Internet podcast by the Youtubers CGP Grey and Brady Haran (numberphile etc.) have a very conversational podcast.
Their vidoes are very science and math oriented but the podcast is much less formal and relaxing.

You've just answered a question I asked in my post. I never argued against making the show to represent an portion of the audience. If that is the case then, sweet. This show will be accepted by that audience and the people who don't want to watch it won't.

But I never brought up the topic of privilege. Or are you calling me privileged? I don't really understand your last point there. TBH I think you missed my point.That, or you just didn't read it all.

If thats the case why wouldn't they just rotate the RT podcast cast more? I know its been more varied recently but I feel like the cast only changes when one of the main members is out of town. IDK man, I hope you're right but I just can't see that.

Thanks for not down voting just because you disagree. And yeah, I think I do see what you're saying. That the show is not about them being women, but the fact that their gender is part of who they are and in that sense is not a show about Women but a show about them as women. If thats not your point then please correct me.

If that is the point you're trying to make then, yeah, you make a good point. I'm not entirely sure how I'd respond to that. But that doesn't however improve the idea of the podcast to me. There is still no other underlying theme, other than "The Womens podcast"

Yeah, Barb is a huge personality. But that's not my point, this thing is being labelled "The Ladies Podcast" Right now. Is that really a show that needs making to-

be a vessel for the tradmark RT comradery but with women in the forefront.

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I don't think so. If that really is the goal here, then this solution seems like a blunt and lazy way of achieving it. Why not give the Women at RT more creative freedom, heck that's what Meg had and she made a incredibly popular show that is being missed by the communinty right now. And if this is, as you're suggesting, meant to act as a replacement, to achieve this then I think some people at RT really misunderstood what the audience wanted.

Okay, So I know I'm going to be labelled as a misogynist or whatever but I'm not sure people who share my opinion are just not saying this or just being down voted to oblivion. Or maybe I'm the only one, IDK.

But I've gotta ask, is thing really necessary? I mean I'm a big fan of all people at RT, including the women, so it's not the personalities that put me off this idea. Hell that RT podcast (Broad-cast) is one of my favourite episodes. But apart from representing the women of RT, I'm not sure what the purpose of this podcast is going to be. Is it going to be made with just the female fans in mind? If that's the case has there been a demand for this podcast before it was mentioned on the one episode of the RTPC? To this point I assume people will say: "Well there wasn't a demand for Off Topic" but I'd say there was, coupled with people begging for Geoff to be back on The RTPC and the fact that the highest performing AH videos over time were the ones where they just shot the shit for an hour or two. I'd say Off Topic was inevitable.

I know people will also say that representing the women of RT is enough of a reason, and if that's your honest opinion then fair enough. But people like Barbara, Ashley, Mica ,Elyse, Mariel, Meg, Kara(assuming maybe gust stars), and whoever else are really strong personalities. Funny, witty, smart and most of all entertaining. I mean, that's why they're on camera right?

But the idea at its core seems a little insulting, that they need their own special podcast to reach the audience. (People will also argue that's also not the point but I, myself, cant see another one.) If that's the case feature them more? I think the standard RT podcast cast has become too static anyway. How about we throw a Mica in there once in a while? Or an Ashley? Or any other woman? As well as or replacing Barb? IDK but I never viewed them as any different before but now all of a sudden they're their own niche? Their own category to base a show on? Really? It doesn't seem enough to launch a show on, the basis for this podcast is "Look, we're women!"

I think these personalities do not need to bring their gender into the equation to show that they're good at what they do. And that's why I'm unsure about this podcast.

I realise, this being the internet and all, feminism argued from either perspective is a recipe for a shit storm. So please don't assume I'm against the idea of the women at RT. Also I don't have a clue what the podcast will actually be about. So I'm also making a lot of assumptions.(But hey I'm fan who lurks the subreddit) I'm prepared to eat my words in a few weeks when this podcast does extremely well. When this podcast comes out I will watch it. Because hey, it's RT so it'll be good content, with people I enjoy to watch. But I've gotta say the basis for the show seems a little shaky.

I've been having the same problem, a lot less frequently than you but it seems to be when my system has to do a bit more work (explosions or sometimes gunfire). It's only been the last couple of days though? Was there an update recently?

I have an older PC (GTX 660ti and 3.5Ghz i5), but I run mid to high settings and consistently get 60-110 FPS, Just these stutters at crucial moments are making the game really frustrating to play.